Though public charities must remain nonpartisan, they have a critical role to play throughout the election cycle! Not only can public charities engage in issue advocacy during election season, but they can also conduct robust voter and candidate education campaigns and mobilize the public to get out the vote. After this session, you will have a better understanding of how to safely engage in nonpartisan advocacy during an election. 

Participants will learn:

* How you can continue to advocate for your issues during election years; 
* How you can educate the public through candidate forums and questionnaires; 
* How you can respond to candidate statements objectively; 
* How you can conduct nonpartisan voter registration and ensure get-out-the-vote efforts are conducted legally; 
* How you can safely support or oppose ballot measures without being partisan; and 
* How staff and volunteers’ partisan activities in their personal time can be kept separate from their activities on behalf of the organization.

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  Susan Finkle-Sourlis

  Senior Counsel, Affiliated Organizations, Bolder Advocacy Program at Alliance For Justice

Assessing and evaluating information in our media environment is an overwhelming task. With the introduction of AI into our social media landscape, this existing problem is accelerating seemingly out of control. Rapidly shifting election laws that vary widely by state has exacerbated this problem, leaving our elections vulnerable to the harmful effects of disinformation. Join this training session to learn more about how to spot and combat disinformation in our media environment whether that’s around climate change, science, elections, or other issues that impact our work as advocates and the important role that our organizations can play as trusted messengers to our communities.

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  Samantha Lockhart

  Deputy National Director, Organizing and Campaigns of National Wildlife Federation

Learn from trusted partners about the experience of doing c3 civic engagement around elections from ballot initiatives to voter registration and turnout. Gain insights from the experiences of non-profit partners that you can apply to your work going forward.

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  Samantha Lockhart

  Deputy National Director, Organizing and Campaigns of National Wildlife Federation